With "Art for the Senses" and "New Visions," the Künstlerhaus Wien is offering new, inclusive educational formats for blind and visually impaired people this fall and winter. The current exhibitions also offer guided tours and workshops in simple language. Also on offer is an art education program for people with dementia and their caregivers, developed in collaboration with Volkshilfe Wien.
ART FOR THE SENSES
Guided tour for blind and visually impaired people
November 21, 2025, 4 PM
January 23, 2026, 4 PM
The Künstlerhaus's art education team takes participants on a special journey of discovery through the exhibition YOU SHOULD CREATE AN PICTURE.
Selected works of art are explored and discussed in a pleasant atmosphere, new perspectives are discovered, and our perception is expanded through special approaches.
Entrance:
Admission is free for our guests and their companions with a disability card.
The tour ticket costs: € 6.- per person
Assistant: € 0.-
Tickets can be purchased at the Künstlerhaus box office on the left side of the foyer.
A guided tour can also be booked for groups on other dates.
Registration:
Registration at kunstvermittlung@kuenstlerhaus.at or +43 1 587 96 63 20
Please also inform us when registering:
– Assistance dogs: yes/no
– Wheelchair: yes/no
– Accompanying person: yes/no
– Accompanying person: yes/no
NEW VISIONS
Interactive tour & workshop for blind and sighted people
November 28, 2025, 3 PM
Together with the artist Sarah Iris Mang, the education team is designing new workshops in which participants can explore various artistic techniques.
A new format is the workshop series for blind and sighted people. In NEW VISIONS, blind and sighted people meet in a space of language, art—and imagination. Together with artist Sarah Iris Mang, interactive works of art are explored on a multisensory journey of discovery—poetic, playful, and surprising. Through instructions, tactile stimuli, and personal associations, new visions and forms of expression emerge, opening up new ways of seeing, feeling, and understanding. A space for exchange, new perspectives, and collaborative creation.
Entrance:
Admission is free for our guests and their companions with a disability card.
The workshop ticket costs: € 6.- per person
Assistant: € 0.-
Tickets can be purchased at the Künstlerhaus box office on the left side of the foyer.
The workshop can also be booked for groups on other dates.
Registration:
Registration at kunstvermittlung@kuenstlerhaus.at or +43 1 587 96 63 20
Please also inform us when registering:
– Assistance dogs: yes/no
– Wheelchair: yes/no
– Accompanying person: yes/no
COMMUNICATION IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE
As part of its current exhibitions, the Künstlerhaus offers tours and workshops in simple language. These programs are aimed at groups involved in German as a foreign language (GFL)/German as a second language (GZ), literacy, and basic education.
Language moves us – and creates connections. It is more than just a means of communication: Language shapes our thoughts, influences our view of the world, and opens up new ways of living together. Using simple language, vivid materials, and interactive methods, we explore works of art together, their content – and the language with which we encounter them. A space is created in which art and language interact playfully, in which learning, sharing, and experimentation are encouraged – and in which everyone is welcome.
Interactive exhibition tour in simple language:
60 minutes: € 3 per person
Interactive tour + workshop in simple language:
120 minutes, € 5 per person
Number of participants: Min. 5 – Max. 15 people
Groups
This offer can be booked for groups at their own times. Please contact us and specify the desired program.
Information and booking
+ 43 1 587 96 63 20
kunstvermittlung@kuenstlerhaus.at
ART EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARERS
A joint program was developed with Volkshilfe Wien to provide accessible encounters with contemporary art. The workshops are funded by Volkshilfe's Dementia Support Fund and are free for participants.
Since September 2022, four different focuses have been offered, each offering new access options depending on the exhibition:
Open studio – Here you can try out different techniques and materials. Painting, stamping, or printing – anything is possible!
Sound and body – The focus is on the experience of sounds and the movements of one’s own body in relation to the works shown.
Paper and paint – By experiencing different qualities of paper and paint, you get closer to the work of art.
fabric and cord – Haptic experiences are made with different textiles, which create a connection to one’s own experiences.
For groups
This offer can be booked for groups at their own times. Please contact us and specify the desired program.
Cost
Thanks to the cooperation, the offer is free of charge for participants.
Location
The workshops take place in the studio and exhibition spaces of the Künstlerhaus Vereinigung: Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna.
Number of participants
Minimum of two, maximum of 10 people (five people with dementia and five accompanying persons).
Information and booking
+ 43 1 587 96 63 15
kunstvermittlung@kuenstlerhaus.at
